Brad Gentner
President, Gentner Consulting Group, LLC
Letting the perfect be the enemy of the good: the current state of inter-sectoral allocation in US fisheries management
Abstract
Allocation has become a hot issue for every fishery management council in the country. In mixed use fisheries, those with both a recreational and commercial component, recreational anglers have been seeking a higher percentage of the total quota.

Brad Gentner
President, Gentner Consulting Group, LLC
Letting the perfect be the enemy of the good: the current state of inter-sectoral allocation in US fisheries management
Abstract
Allocation has become a hot issue for every fishery management council in the country. In mixed use fisheries, those with both a recreational and commercial component, recreational anglers have been seeking a higher percentage of the total quota.

Patrick Christie
Professor, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs and Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
Addressing why marine reserves fail: turning marine conservation on its head
Abstract
There are many reasons to support marine conservation and reserve implementation, but policies are frequently ad hoc and ineffective. Misanthropy and draconian ‘solutions’ are surprisingly common.

Patrick Christie
Professor, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs and Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
Addressing why marine reserves fail: turning marine conservation on its head
Abstract
There are many reasons to support marine conservation and reserve implementation, but policies are frequently ad hoc and ineffective. Misanthropy and draconian ‘solutions’ are surprisingly common.

4:30 PM, Fishery Sciences Auditorium
Elliott Norse
Founder and Chief Scientist, Marine Conservation Institute
The global ocean refuge system: saving marine species from mass extinction
Abstract
Humans are causing accelerating biodiversity loss on a global scale, threatening our own existence, challenging us to stop this existential threat before it’s too late. The Global Ocean Refuge System (GLORES)—a new in–situ analogue of the Global Seed Vault in Svalbard—is a strategic way to maintain the self–assembling ingredients (genes, species and ecosystems) in humankind&rsquos largest life support system; the sea.

Elliott Norse
Founder and Chief Scientist, Marine Conservation Institute
The global ocean refuge system: saving marine species from mass extinction
Abstract
Humans are causing accelerating biodiversity loss on a global scale, threatening our own existence, challenging us to stop this existential threat before it’s too late. The Global Ocean Refuge System (GLORES)—a new in–situ analogue of the Global Seed Vault in Svalbard—is a strategic way to maintain the self–assembling ingredients (genes, species and ecosystems) in humankind&rsquos largest life support system; the sea.

Marc Mangel
Distinguished Research Professor of Mathematical Biology, Center for Stock Assessment Research and Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, University of California, Santa Cruz
Whales, science, and scientific whaling in the International Court of Justice
Abstract
I will briefly describe the history that lead to Australia initiating a case in the International Court of Justice (ICJ; the Court) in 2010 challenging the legality under international law of the Japanese special permit whaling program in the Southern Ocean.